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please join me in recognizing calista gingrich. [applause] so we have with us tonight a very special guest. i know that if i were simply to give the typical dinner circuit introduction, the one where you list every accomplishment of the speaker's biography, i promise you we would be here all night and even newt gingrich would get for himself. [laughter] his list of achievements in politics, his involvement in lifelong learning, his expertise in national security matters, his business interest, his endeavors, the dozens of books he has written, the list goes on and on. allow me to presume that all of us here are well acquainted with the important milestones in the light of newt gingrich. because i would like to focus on the future in some part. what i sincerely hope is that it's place in it as it relates to ideas is heard. let me explain. it is no secret to anyone here that the party of abraham lincoln and ronald reagan took a beating three weeks ago. republicrepublic ans lost the battle for the white house and the house and senate.
please join me in recognizing calista gingrich. [applause] so we have with us tonight a very special guest. i know that if i were simply to give the typical dinner circuit introduction, the one where you list every accomplishment of the speaker's biography, i promise you we would be here all night and even newt gingrich would get for himself. [laughter] his list of achievements in politics, his involvement in lifelong learning, his expertise in national security matters, his business interest,...
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one of the syntactical list to gingrich, the wearer has cheated in life too seriously zero wise, desperately tries to make light of it back costs. [laughter] newts think it sounds like
one of the syntactical list to gingrich, the wearer has cheated in life too seriously zero wise, desperately tries to make light of it back costs. [laughter] newts think it sounds like
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his success in working with newt gingrich and the republicans in formulating that tax reduction legislation led to a budget surplus is the touchstone for success in working with the opposing parties to fulfill a president legislative agenda. clinton insightfully appointed erskine bowles to represent him in negotiations with congress. bulls great talent for bargaining was important in reaching the president's legislative agenda. but this is followed by the same house of representatives voting to an each bill clinton, obviously an extreme example, but the age-old conflict between congress and the executive branch of government and get bill clinton was lifted, only seven were elected presidents who were successful. there are lessons to be learned from the clinton's second term that might offer guidance to obama where he reelect me. some of the president to face hostility from congress feel the majority of their own party included washington, jefferson, monroe, grant, theodore roosevelt, johnson and bush. andrew jackson was censured by the congress controlled by democratic party. he never forga
his success in working with newt gingrich and the republicans in formulating that tax reduction legislation led to a budget surplus is the touchstone for success in working with the opposing parties to fulfill a president legislative agenda. clinton insightfully appointed erskine bowles to represent him in negotiations with congress. bulls great talent for bargaining was important in reaching the president's legislative agenda. but this is followed by the same house of representatives voting to...
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[laughter] >> guest: with a very young newt gingrich among others. [laughter] a very thin newt gingrich, too, but that's a different story. this is a book really about the reality that in 43 years that the two of us have been immersed in the politics of washington from one end of pennsylvania avenue to the other, we have never seen it this dysfunctional. the disfunction is at a critical mass, and we felt we had to speak out about how the problem is, as the book says, even worse than it looks. it never looks good. and we have to talk about who's at fault and what we can do to get out of it. half the book is about how we can get out of this mess. >> guest: the argument, basically, is twofold. one, we have now polarized political parties internally, homogeneous, very much at loggerheads much like parliamentary parties, ve innocently oppositional. but they have to work in a constitutional system that's based on separation of powers and checks and balances. the mismatch between our parties and our governing institutions is problem number one. problem numb
[laughter] >> guest: with a very young newt gingrich among others. [laughter] a very thin newt gingrich, too, but that's a different story. this is a book really about the reality that in 43 years that the two of us have been immersed in the politics of washington from one end of pennsylvania avenue to the other, we have never seen it this dysfunctional. the disfunction is at a critical mass, and we felt we had to speak out about how the problem is, as the book says, even worse than it...
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cantor has already started to whisper a campaign against you, and we saw it happen with speaker newt gingrich and it can happen to you. speaker boehner took that to heart and he walked away from a deal shortly after that. >> coming to the interplay between the republican side in the second, task list. the president was initially doing a "des moines register" editorial board and did not get the endorsement of that paper and one of the things he said is that he believed he could get a grand bargain struck on the debt ceiling if he were reelected on november 6. based on what you're saying, it may not be possible if the freshmen, now sophomores, and some of the new members don't essentially give him their blessing to go cut a deal. they may feel in the same tough spot now that they were last year. >> a grand bargain based on what you're saying they not be possible if obama wins under any circumstance to well, i will go ahead and talk about it anyway because i have been doing general election reporting for "the new york times" magazine. in talking to the campaign manager of the obama campaign, ask
cantor has already started to whisper a campaign against you, and we saw it happen with speaker newt gingrich and it can happen to you. speaker boehner took that to heart and he walked away from a deal shortly after that. >> coming to the interplay between the republican side in the second, task list. the president was initially doing a "des moines register" editorial board and did not get the endorsement of that paper and one of the things he said is that he believed he could...
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and this is why i'm doing this six month study at gingrich productions which i've entitled lessons to learn. we don't have lessons learned right now. we don't know what we're talking about. when you see these guys on tv who wasted millions of dollars as consultants explaining what they now think, what you know is they don't. [laughter] because they haven't taken enough time to learn anything. i mean, this is a serious crisis of the conservative movement and the republican party because if we don't figure out the new game, we're not going to be, we're not going to be competitive for a generation or or more. that's how serious it is. i mean, don't assume we're going to win in '16 because we'll nominate some clever person who has the appropriate ethnic background and articulates better than mitt did. mitt got about what mccain got, which was about what dole got, which was about what bush i got running for re-election. that's a fact. and unless we get our act together, and look at the california republican party. you think finding the right individual is going to turn around the largest s
and this is why i'm doing this six month study at gingrich productions which i've entitled lessons to learn. we don't have lessons learned right now. we don't know what we're talking about. when you see these guys on tv who wasted millions of dollars as consultants explaining what they now think, what you know is they don't. [laughter] because they haven't taken enough time to learn anything. i mean, this is a serious crisis of the conservative movement and the republican party because if we...
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one of the syntactical list to gingrich, the wearer has cheated in life too seriously zero wise, desperately tries to make light of it back costs. [laughter] newts think it sounds like dengue fever. so last time we had some good candidates, not only for rhyming, but in general. john edwards, i wrote a poem called yes i know he's a mill worker's son, but there's hollywood in that hair. or sarah palin of course, for whom i wrote her version of that harpist racing classic, on a clear day i seek lot of all stock. and this time in 2008 when they started talking about candidates, it seems impossible to believe now, but then governor of illinois was mentioned, rob okoye vetch. wow, i feared. it turns out it's not a bad name to rhyme. i read a palm on the auctioning off of barack obama senate seat. it seemed a powerful appointment, which was his should make him rich. his plan turned out to have a glitch. perhaps the fed had slipped kucinich. [laughter] so in 2012, i was a little concerned although we have one or two candidates left over from 2008. you know, including that from the of course. yet one
one of the syntactical list to gingrich, the wearer has cheated in life too seriously zero wise, desperately tries to make light of it back costs. [laughter] newts think it sounds like dengue fever. so last time we had some good candidates, not only for rhyming, but in general. john edwards, i wrote a poem called yes i know he's a mill worker's son, but there's hollywood in that hair. or sarah palin of course, for whom i wrote her version of that harpist racing classic, on a clear day i seek...
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gingrich aware that her husband cheated on and loved two seriously ill lies desperately tries to make light of a bad cough. [laughter] newt things it sounds like ben-gay fever. last time we had good candidates not only for rhyme but just in general. john edwards, i wrote a poem called "yes i know he's a mill worker's son but there's hollywood in that hair." or sarah palin, of course, for whom i wrote her version of the barbara stray sand classic "on a clear day i see --." [laughter] and this time when they -- and in 2008 when they started talking about candidates, it seems impossible to believe now. but the then governor of illinois was mentioned rob blay. i feared rob. it turned out it's not a bad name to rhyme. i've wrote a poem on the auctions off of barack obama's seat. [laughter] in 2012, i was a little concerned. although we had one or two candidates left over from 2008. including mitt romney, of course, he had run in 2008. and in 2008, i had done a poem about him that went yes, myth, so slick of speech. .. rick perry lake john edwards has beautiful hair and a good rhyme with pe
gingrich aware that her husband cheated on and loved two seriously ill lies desperately tries to make light of a bad cough. [laughter] newt things it sounds like ben-gay fever. last time we had good candidates not only for rhyme but just in general. john edwards, i wrote a poem called "yes i know he's a mill worker's son but there's hollywood in that hair." or sarah palin, of course, for whom i wrote her version of the barbara stray sand classic "on a clear day i see --."...
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. >> host: ron miller, in "sellout" praised newt gingrich. >> guest: well, i praised him because he seems to have an understanding for the republican party falls down on the job when it comes to reaching down to people of color. interestingly enough being from the south seems to have a much more acute sensitivity to the relationships between black and white americans and others. i won't say i agree on everything, but i know when the republican party struggled to get candidates to appear back into destiny, which are specifically geared towards minority voters and issues, he was one of the people that came out of was highly critical of his candidates for whatever reason chose not to attend. ironically mitt romney was one of those candidates. but i feel like he's been affected by a lot but have been in the south. i understand reading this on background he was profoundly affected by the assassination of the hurricane. obviously she and her been came our good friend. i feel he had a pulse on the conservative republican out reach to the community upon the candidates don't have. >> host: as far
. >> host: ron miller, in "sellout" praised newt gingrich. >> guest: well, i praised him because he seems to have an understanding for the republican party falls down on the job when it comes to reaching down to people of color. interestingly enough being from the south seems to have a much more acute sensitivity to the relationships between black and white americans and others. i won't say i agree on everything, but i know when the republican party struggled to get...
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on the other side is gingrich and the contract with america and the determination debate to take bill clinton down is a total failure. they shut down the government twice. every time they do that clinton goes up in popularity. he has an extraordinary victory in 1996 which is stunning. what a comeback. it's a third comeback hit 1982 in arkansas, after the flours episode and now with the re-election in 1996. he's at the peak of another one of these crescendo in the roller coaster. where you're there, you have to think what's going on down below. because during that same period of time bill clinton is carrying on a 16-month affair with monica, the white house intern. it's crazy. it's stupid, it's insane. new year's eve, easter sunday, 16-months, and when monica finally gets moved out of the white house because enough people are concerned about how often she's around the president's offs they transfer her to the pentagon, she meets a new best friend named linda tripp and linda tripp tape records every damn conversation and that is all down. and guess what? linda tripp is in cabbing with a
on the other side is gingrich and the contract with america and the determination debate to take bill clinton down is a total failure. they shut down the government twice. every time they do that clinton goes up in popularity. he has an extraordinary victory in 1996 which is stunning. what a comeback. it's a third comeback hit 1982 in arkansas, after the flours episode and now with the re-election in 1996. he's at the peak of another one of these crescendo in the roller coaster. where you're...
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so newt gingrich, susan molinari, you know, rick santorum, a lot of these -- al gore, they've all consumed marijuana. they've all admitted doing this. in fact, it's harder now to find people who came off age in the '60s and '70s who didn't experiment with marijuana or didn't use recreationally. you'll recall the democratic primary, i think it was 2008 or 2004, where they had the democratic wannabes on the stage. i think it was anderson cooper asked them, okay, raise your hand if you didn't use marijuana, and joe lieberman had to sheepishly raise his hand. [laughter] so the question then becomes, well, what is the basic legitimacy of these laws? the hypocrisy under which these are written and voted on, right? the same people who violated these laws are now voting on these laws, and the question has to be asked would a prison sentence have been good for your life and your career, and if not, why is it so good for all these other people? particularly poor people and people of color and people in other parts of the world. so it's coming full circle now. we can't avoid this question much longer
so newt gingrich, susan molinari, you know, rick santorum, a lot of these -- al gore, they've all consumed marijuana. they've all admitted doing this. in fact, it's harder now to find people who came off age in the '60s and '70s who didn't experiment with marijuana or didn't use recreationally. you'll recall the democratic primary, i think it was 2008 or 2004, where they had the democratic wannabes on the stage. i think it was anderson cooper asked them, okay, raise your hand if you didn't use...
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newt gingrich, molinari, rick santorum, a lot of these. al gore. they all concerned marijuana and had admitted doing this. in fact a much harder now to find people who came of age should not experiment. you recall that democratic primary where they had the democratic wannabes on the stage. at think it was anderson cooper harassed them raise your hand if he did not use marijuana. joe lieberman had to sheepishly raised his hand. the question then becomes, what is the basic legitimacy of the laws, the hypocrisy under which these are written and voted on? use of the same people who violated the laws now voting on more of these laws. the question has to be asked, what a prison sentence have been good for your life and career? if not, why is it good for all these other people? a particularly poor people and people of color. it's coming from a circle and we can avoid it much longer. >> thank you. enjoying the presentation. i have a question of where the pharmaceutical industry is in all of this and if they also like the coca-cola relationship with the dru
newt gingrich, molinari, rick santorum, a lot of these. al gore. they all concerned marijuana and had admitted doing this. in fact a much harder now to find people who came of age should not experiment. you recall that democratic primary where they had the democratic wannabes on the stage. at think it was anderson cooper harassed them raise your hand if he did not use marijuana. joe lieberman had to sheepishly raised his hand. the question then becomes, what is the basic legitimacy of the laws,...
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so newt gingrich, susan molinari, rick santorum, a lot of these -- al gore. you know, they've all consumed marijuana, they've all admitted doing this. in fact, it's harder to find people now who came of age in the 60s and '70s who didn't use recreationally. you'll recall the 2008 primary where they had the wanna byes on the stage, anderson cooper said raise your hand if you've never used marijuana. joe lieberman had to sheepishly raise his hand. [laughter] the hypocrisy under which these are voted and written on, the same people who violated the laws are now voting on more of these laws. and the question has to be asked, in your life and your career, why is it so good for these other people, particularly people of color and in other parts of the world. it's coming full circle now. we can't avoid this question much longer. >> thank you. enjoying the presentation. i had a question about where the pharmaceutical industry is in all of this, um, and if they also like the coca-cola relationship with the drug czar? because i'm assuming that there's a lot of pharmace
so newt gingrich, susan molinari, rick santorum, a lot of these -- al gore. you know, they've all consumed marijuana, they've all admitted doing this. in fact, it's harder to find people now who came of age in the 60s and '70s who didn't use recreationally. you'll recall the 2008 primary where they had the wanna byes on the stage, anderson cooper said raise your hand if you've never used marijuana. joe lieberman had to sheepishly raise his hand. [laughter] the hypocrisy under which these are...
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the so-called gingrich revolution. going into congress in 1994, what was your enthusiasm level and the process? >> i thought we are going to fix and address the promise of our country. i was awakened to the fact that this and as we begin a majority staying in power was more important will we promised. consequently and you saw from after 96, party pretty well abandoned spending restraints or after 97 essentially. >> tel long before you were disillusioned? >> in the house? >> yes. >> the customer probably two years. >> two years. >> i saw some hints of it. the rudder starting to shift. how do we stay here. how'd we enhance our majority. my thought is it's wonderfully okay to lose an election. if you do it based on principle and sticking to the core values that you promise to voters that you would do. >> in breach of trust and i'll washington turned outsiders and insiders you right, ten things congress does not want you to know about how it does business. number one, the appropriations committee staff knows more about the
the so-called gingrich revolution. going into congress in 1994, what was your enthusiasm level and the process? >> i thought we are going to fix and address the promise of our country. i was awakened to the fact that this and as we begin a majority staying in power was more important will we promised. consequently and you saw from after 96, party pretty well abandoned spending restraints or after 97 essentially. >> tel long before you were disillusioned? >> in the house?...
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new gingrich, tuck brough carlson, george will, and some really fun outside conservatives like curt schilling and ted nugent. so the book became a reputation of a collection of stereotypes. there are of course the mainstays. republicans are homophobic. republicans are warmongers and we even tackled some of the less scientific republicans are not funny, republicans are bad in bed, and maybe most offensively, republicans aren't one cool. and we did a ton of research and we rode all of these meeting our interviews with these famous people into the appropriate chapter is but once we were done but challenge began. you can't call up john harper collins and say here's my book i want some of that money. publishers don't select the manuscript. the literary agents are notoriously famously liberal, which is fine, but if you have your lieberman here, maybe starbucks, which is no problem but we had more than 100 agents, and you would think that it would be easy to get people to take 15% of your potential earnings. but it wasn't. one called me to tell me that he hoped my teeth fell out and another said tha
new gingrich, tuck brough carlson, george will, and some really fun outside conservatives like curt schilling and ted nugent. so the book became a reputation of a collection of stereotypes. there are of course the mainstays. republicans are homophobic. republicans are warmongers and we even tackled some of the less scientific republicans are not funny, republicans are bad in bed, and maybe most offensively, republicans aren't one cool. and we did a ton of research and we rode all of these...
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so i read several recent oxford newt gingrich on the judiciary. rick perry, governor of texas has a recent book called setup, a states rights manifesto. so that collectively, some politicians on the far right and conservative entertainment complex became the foundation. i probably read 30 or 40 bucks from not wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect any more from propagandists and political leaders? is this what we might expect from something as complicated over 200 years ago written about and talked about is people up for election and trying to sell books? is this an inevitable outgrowth of our culture who talks about these issues this way? >> guest: to a large extent, yes. if you look historically, it hasn't changed much over even the last two years. this kind of propagandists use of history, even while the district was being made, people were very propagandists. what jefferson before they were dead and what they meant. so yes, i do think that is part of the genre and it didn't part of the genre needs to be people like me writing correct
so i read several recent oxford newt gingrich on the judiciary. rick perry, governor of texas has a recent book called setup, a states rights manifesto. so that collectively, some politicians on the far right and conservative entertainment complex became the foundation. i probably read 30 or 40 bucks from not wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect any more from propagandists and political leaders? is this what we might expect from something as complicated over 200 years ago...
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so i read several recent books by newt gingrich on the judiciary. mike lee, rick perry, governor of texas, has a fairly recent book called "fed up." and it's a state's rights manifesto. so that collectively, in of the politicians on the far right, and then that conservative entertainment complex who became the foundation -- i probably read 30 or 40 books from that wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from propaganda political leaders? is this something we might expect when something as complicate as a historical event over 200 years ago is written about and talked about by people who are up for election and trying to sell books? is this an inevitable outgrowth of our culture? >> guest: to a large extent, yes, the discourse has not changed much over the last 200 years. this kind of very propagandaistic use of people and -- so, yes, i do think that is part of the genre. and i think that part of the genre needs to be people like me writing correctives and saying, this is -- if this is where groating your history, is a wrong, o
so i read several recent books by newt gingrich on the judiciary. mike lee, rick perry, governor of texas, has a fairly recent book called "fed up." and it's a state's rights manifesto. so that collectively, in of the politicians on the far right, and then that conservative entertainment complex who became the foundation -- i probably read 30 or 40 books from that wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from propaganda political leaders? is this something...
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they ought to at least be willing to agree with what is in them, so i read several recent books by new gingrich and there's a book called fed up that is a manifesto, some of the politicians on the right and that entertainment complex could be the foundation. that would be 30 or 40 books glenn beck, that a wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from the propaganda? in other words is this what we might expect when it is as complicated as over 200 years ago is written about and talked about the people that are up for reelection and trying to sell books is this just an inevitable outgrowth of the culture that talks about issues in this way? >> guest: to a large extent, yes and if you look historically at the discourse, it hasn't changed much over the last 200 years. this kind of very propaganda history. even while the history was being made, people were very propagandistic about -- people were free propagandistic before they were dead, and what they meant. so, yes. i do think that's part of the genre, and it needs to be people like me and saying if this is where you are gett
they ought to at least be willing to agree with what is in them, so i read several recent books by new gingrich and there's a book called fed up that is a manifesto, some of the politicians on the right and that entertainment complex could be the foundation. that would be 30 or 40 books glenn beck, that a wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from the propaganda? in other words is this what we might expect when it is as complicated as over 200 years ago is written...
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i figure they ought to at least be willing to agree with it so i read several recent books by newt gingrich on the judiciary. rick perry governor of texas has a fairly recent book called fed up. it's a states rights manifesto. so that collectively, some of the politicians on the far right and then that's conservative entertainment complex became the foundation. i probably read 30 or 40 books from that wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from propaganda and political leaders? in other words is this what we might expect when something as complicated as the historical event over 200 years ago is written about and talked about and people who are up for election? was this just an inevitable outgrowth of our part of the culture that talks about these issues this way? >> guest: i think to a large extent yes and if you look historically, it hasn't changed much over even the last 200 years. this kind of eerie propagandistic view of history. even while that history was being made, people were very propagandist. people were propagandist about washington and jefferson and wha
i figure they ought to at least be willing to agree with it so i read several recent books by newt gingrich on the judiciary. rick perry governor of texas has a fairly recent book called fed up. it's a states rights manifesto. so that collectively, some of the politicians on the far right and then that's conservative entertainment complex became the foundation. i probably read 30 or 40 books from that wide swath of opinion. >> host: would you expect anything more from propaganda and...